Page 15 - Food Inflation

How onions and pulses could wreck the Centre's food inflation arithmetic

Damage to standing crops due to extended rain, depletion of stocks at home and in global markets could spoil the calculations

Rising food inflation temporary affair; to be back to normal soon: DEA Secy

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation rose to 1.32 per cent in September 2020, mainly on the back of costlier food articles

Food prices push retail inflation to 8-month high of 7.34% in Sept

Inflation above RBI's comfort zone of 6% for six straight months, Q2 inflation slightly higher than MPC's projection, MPC may refrain from cutting rate in December policy too

New members give RBI's MPC dovish tilt; to hold rates on Oct 9: Analysts

Rising inflation, according to economists, is another cause for concern

Why the temporal distribution of 2020 monsoon season is highly skewed

The phenomenon has caused a lot of problems, such as the spurt in food prices and disruption in supplies due to breakdown in the already Covid-19-battered transport in the hinterland

Explained: Why inflation is so high in India and where it is headed

It isn't just protein diet and cereals that are becoming expensive despite bumper output the past few years; even personal care products and recreation have surprisingly become very costly

CPI-based inflation above MPC comfort range for fourth straight month

Official data released on Thursday showed that CPI for July rose 6.93 per cent year on year, up from 6.23 per cent in June

Retail inflation for industrial workers marginally eases to 5.06% in June

Food inflation stood at 5.49 per cent in June 2020 as against 5.88 per cent in the previous month and 5.47 per cent during the corresponding month a year ago

CPI-based inflation rose to 6.1% in June; food inflation eased to 7.9%

The National Statistical Office (NSO) released the headline CPI numbers after a gap of two months.

The end of food inflation?

Improving efficiency in producing and converting edible calories when demand weakens could throw new social challenges

Economy in Modi 2.0: A year best forgotten as things turn bad to worse

Even before the lockdown, the economy was on the downhill despite the Centre announcing huge corporation tax cuts

Retail inflation for farm, rural workers eases marginally in May

Inflation based on food index of CPI-AL and CPI-RL is at 10.40 per cent and 10.21 per cent, respectively in May 2020

Widening gap between wholesale and retail food inflation? Blame lockdown

Since March 2020, WPI food inflation rate continued to fall but the CPI-food inflation rose, signaling a breakdown in supply chain from the mandis to the final household

Food inflation crosses 9% in May, data on snacks and sweets held back

Statistics office also does not release retail headline inflation number

Govt releases truncated CPI data; food inflation rises to 9.28% in May

The government for the second month in a row released the truncated data on retail inflation in the backdrop of the lockdown following Covid-19 pandemic

Covid-19 impact: Centre releases truncated WPI inflation data for April

Reports 10.12% deflation in fuel, power basket

CPI inflation slows to 5.91% on easing food prices, may increase in April

Prices are likely to rise again in April, according to analysts, with the actual impact of the Covid-19 and the resultant lockdown yet to be fully seen.

Retail inflation spikes to 7.59% in January; December IIP at -0.3%

Retail inflation rose sharply to 7.35 per cent in December 2019.

How rise in prices of key food articles is impacting your daily budget

The first of a two-part series on 'Kitchen woes' shows how prices of milk, sugar and wheat have moved lately

Retail inflation surges to over 5-year high of 7.35% in December

Food inflation shot up to 14.12 per cent in December from 10.01 per cent in November on account of rising prices of vegetables and pulses